#2071

Add try and catch around the routes we use for fetching data from medium and for event s from air table also put a timeout on fetching from sortable.

packages/web/server/index.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import addToCRM from '../server/addToCRM'
 import ecoFundSubmission from '../server/EcoFundApp'
 import { RequestType } from '../src/fauceting/FaucetInterfaces'
 import nextI18next from '../src/i18n'
+import { abort } from '../src/utils/abortableFetch'
 import latestAnnouncements from './Announcement'
 import { faucetOrInviteController } from './controllers'
 import getFormattedEvents from './EventHelpers'
@@ -154,13 +155,21 @@ function wwwRedirect(req, res, nextAction) {
   })
 
   server.get('/proxy/medium', async (_, res) => {
-    const articlesdata = await getFormattedMediumArticles()
-    res.json(articlesdata)
+    try {
+      const articlesdata = await getFormattedMediumArticles()
+      res.json(articlesdata)
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.status(e.statusCode || 500).json({ message: e.message || 'unknownError' })
+    }
   })
 
   server.get('/proxy/events/', async (_, res) => {
-    const events = await getFormattedEvents()
-    res.json(events)
+    try {
+      const events = await Promise.race([getFormattedEvents(), abort('Events from Airtable')])
+      res.json(events)
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.status(e.statusCode || 500).json({ message: e.message || 'unknownError' })
+    }
   })
 
   server.get('*', (req, res) => {

packages/web/src/utils/abortableFetch.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ export default async function abortableFetch(url: string, options = {}) {
   return Promise.race([fetch(url, { ...options }), abort(url)])
 }
 
-export async function abort(url: string, milliseconds = 800) {
+export async function abort(message: string, milliseconds = 800) {
   return new Promise((_, reject) =>
     setTimeout(() => {
-      reject(new Error(`from abortableFetch: Took to Long to Fetch ${url}`))
+      reject(new Error(`from abortableFetch: Took to Long to Fetch ${message}`))
     }, milliseconds)
   )
 }